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Kevin Ding: Mike D'Antoni on late shots by @Kobe Bryant: "That's ridiculous. That's unbelievable." #Vino Twitter @KevinDing

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Mike D'Antoni 

Mike D'Antoni said before the game that he doubted the Lakers players knew their team's record ... "I bet you 50 cents that if you go in (the locker room) they don’t know we’re one game under .500," D'Antoni said before the Lakers played the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. "Players don’t do that. Players play in the moment, live in the moment. Coaches do that. We worry about everything." Sulia

Los Angeles Lakers, Mike D'Antoni 

Ricky Rubio: "I didn't attack Mike D'Antoni. I said I would be delighted to have Pau Gasol on my team if they didn't want him. I didn't say anything against him, but he took it personal. Besides, Pau is my friend and I think I can talk about my friends." SER

Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Pau Gasol, Mike D'Antoni, Ricky Rubio 

Say what you want about D'Antoni, but at least he has a way of saying things that are brutally honest sometimes ... "If he goes one-on-one and tries to play an 'And-1' kind of game, then he is very normal or bad," Mike D'Antoni said, describing Steve Nash on Wednesday. The coach wasn't taking a dig at his point guard. He was stating what he believes to be fact. But he praised Nash in the next breath. "I don't think he's lost anything ... I know it's easy to say he's 39 and whatever; I don't see it. I just think we haven't played well and it's hurt his game." Sulia

Los Angeles Lakers, Steve Nash, Mike D'Antoni 

Dave McMenamin: Despite not meeting Dr. Buss, D'Antoni said: "You only hear great things. What he's done for the sport is beyond compare." Twitter @mcten

Los Angeles Lakers, Mike D'Antoni, Jerry Buss 

Mark Medina: Mike D'Antoni on whether Lakers should make any moves before trade deadline: "I remained convinced we have enough" Twitter

Los Angeles Lakers, Trade, Mike D'Antoni 

Adrian Wojnarowski: Mike D'Antoni has remained intrigued with bringing exiled Jazz guard Raja Bell to Lakers, sources say. Twitter @WojYahooNBA

Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, Trade, Raja Bell, Mike D'Antoni 

Will the Lakers add a big man? Well, D'Antoni only plays an eight-man rotation as it is ... "I’m sure (Lakers GM) Mitch (Kupchak) will evaluate the situation," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said Thursday when asked if there was some personnel help on the way to make up for Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill's absence. "If he deems that’s something we need to do, we will. We’re going the way we are right now." Sulia

Los Angeles Lakers, Free Agency, Mike D'Antoni 

Then D'Antoni was asked if he would continue to stick with his eight-man rotation. "It depends. If that’s what I’m comfortable today, yes." Sulia

Los Angeles Lakers, Free Agency, Mike D'Antoni 

The Lakers are scrambling just to scrape into the playoffs, but coach Mike D'Antoni sounds skeptical that any move before the Feb. 21 trade deadline would do anything beneficial to the team's fortunes. "It would add somebody who doesn't know what they're doing and it could take awhile," said D'Antoni, who spoke with Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak last weekend in Miami. "You're playing games you have to win and we might not even play them. That's a hard thing. "As an organization, I'm sure we'll keep looking and talking and if something makes sense, we'll do it." Los Angeles Daily News

Los Angeles Lakers, Free Agency, Trade, Mike D'Antoni 

Even D’Antoni, who insists that he and his stars are fine (despite the obvious evidence to the contrary), didn’t seem to object to a father protecting his son: D’Antoni said, “We’re good,” when asked about the state of things between him and the two Lakers’ All-Stars, and shrugged off the comments made by Howard’s father. “That’s cool,” D’Antoni said. “He should, he’s the father, he should defend his son. But I thought we had that [meeting] in Memphis. Maybe we have to do it again.” NBA.com

Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant, Mike D'Antoni, Dwight Howard 

Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni has and will not publicly advocate for the front office to make a roster change. But with it remaining uncertain when Pau Gasol will return from a torn plantar fascia of his right foot, D’Antoni said he will meet with Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak fairly soon about the team’s personnel. “We’ll get together in Miami probably and we’ll see how it goes,” D’Antoni said. Los Angeles Daily News

Los Angeles Lakers, Trade, Mitch Kupchak, Mike D'Antoni 

Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni believes the punishments stem more from World Peace's reputation. World Peace has a well-documented behavior history, most notably drawing an 86-game suspension after he - then known as Ron Artest - rushed into the stands after a fan threw a drink at him in an infamous brawl eight years ago in Auburn Hills, Mich. World Peace also drew a seven-game suspension last season after throwing an elbow at former Oklahoma City guard James Harden. "I'm sure that goes into it," D'Antoni said. "They look at the play and look who did it with past experiences." Los Angeles Daily News

Los Angeles Lakers, Mike D'Antoni, Metta World Peace 

D'Antoni got annoyed with questions from T.J. Simers of LA Times today suggesting D'Antoni is upset with Dwight ... for not playing through the pain in his shoulder. "I am telling the truth," D'Antoni said. "I'm not miffed at him. If he's hurt, he's hurt. I just don't know. I wish he could play." Simers: "You think he's a baby?" D'Antoni, laughing: "No, I don't. No." Sulia

Los Angeles Lakers, Mike D'Antoni, Dwight Howard 

D'Antoni continued to maintain his position through more questions while saying Simers could go to "some sniveling little rat and ask them what they think I'm thinking. But that's fine. Whatever you want to do. Y'all do y'all's job, I'll do mine." Eventually, Simers asked again if D'Antoni thought Howard was a baby, and D'Antoni retorted (not laughing): "I said no! I said no 10 times. I said no." Sulia

Los Angeles Lakers, Mike D'Antoni, Dwight Howard 

Ken Berger: D'Antoni on Gasol: "He will probably do what we ask him to do. I'm not going to Spain to vacation with him this summer, but he's good." Twitter @KBergCBS

Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, Mike D'Antoni 

"If this coach stays and Dwight Howard remains with the Lakers," I asked, "what about you?" "It would be hard for me to deal with another season knowing the facts you just mentioned," said Gasol, 32 and with one year remaining on his contract. "So do you ask for a fresh start elsewhere?" "It's a possibility," he said, "yes." Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Lakers, Trade, Pau Gasol, Mike D'Antoni, Dwight Howard 

Jim Buss said recently he was told by D'Antoni that Gasol was a happy camper now because D'Antoni was saving Gasol's knees and prolonging his career. It was amusing news to Gasol, who played 37 minutes against Minnesota and 40 versus Detroit. "Never heard that," he said. Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Lakers, Pau Gasol, Mike D'Antoni, Jim Buss 

"We're very happy with Mike D'Antoni," Kupchak said. "I think when he took the job I think he thought Nash [fractured left leg] might be out a week or two. Not two months. Getting everybody on the same page took a little longer than expected. Not to say it's been smooth sailing, that's for sure." Newsday

Los Angeles Lakers, Mitch Kupchak, Coaching, Mike D'Antoni 

Ray Richardson: D'Antoni fires back at Rubio for criticizing his use of Gasol: "When he gets a team he can coach, then he can make that decision!" Twitter @Twolvesnow

Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Mike D'Antoni, Ricky Rubio